Noam Chomsky, Turning the Tide: U.S. Intervention in Central America& the Struggle for Peace, South End Press, 1985 The real victims of “America’s agony” are millions of suffering and tormented people throughout much of the Third…
Marilyn Vazquez Dr. Chmiel Western Culture 16 September 2016 Empathy Practicum After considering what suffering concerns me most, I decided to center my Empathy Practicum on the struggles of the undocumented Hispanic and Latino population…
Help men and women of good will— from every land and color and language and religion— to bring liberating moral pressure to bear on authorities and awaken their consciences so that they will help the…
As every cell in Chile will tell The cries of the tortured men Remember Allende, and the days before, Before the army came Please remember Victor Jara, In the Santiago Stadium, Es verdad – those…
right there on my dad’s nightstand sat Kissinger’s latest World Order i opened it to snidbits of michiko kakutani’s review illuminating a powerful zoom lens a panoramic appreciation of history i flipped to the index…
Humor is the shortest distance between any two people. And to heal each other, we need to utilize that accessibility—especially in the health professions. Clowning can dispel fear and anxiety in patients and the served,…
Obama challenged Raúl Castro on Cuba’s human rights record And though Fidel is renowned for his loquacity, Raúl himself could have gone on for hours to Obama— Elaborating on the fact of a million U.S….
The End of June 2015 Page 12, paragraph 1 Can you tell me the names of journalists you respect whose work you could also accurately describe as “Self-serving, theatrical, and soothing”? The part of you…
Sunday 28 June 2015 Pages 9-10 Dear Isabel You can feel free to cal me all the Spanish swear words you know, but I think—get ready to attack—you are way too hard on yourself. I’m referring…
Friday 26 June 2015 Dear Isabel Happy Friday, you’ve finished one week at the new job. Page 8, top paragraph I take back what I said yesterday about boycotting the word “solidarity.” That first sentence…